AMENDED
R-17-122
RESOLUTION
ESTABLISHING A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER STEERING COMMITTEE
CITY OF NASHUA
In the Year Two Thousand and Seventeen
RESOLVED by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Nashua that
WHEREAS, the City recently concluded a feasibility study for a Performing Arts Center;
WHEREAS, the study recommended the preferred site be located at 201 Main Street (known as
the former location of “Alec Shoes");
WHEREAS, the City strongly supports increased economic development to provide additional
jobs for residents of Nashua and the region, to expand business within the City’s downtown, and
to develop a healthy robust downtown economy, which will create a stronger tax base;
WHEREAS, the creation of a Performing Arts Center is a proven strategy leading to a stronger
and healthier downtown economy; and
WHEREAS, one of the critical next steps is to formulate a steering committee to help guide the
next phases of a Performing Arts Center;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Alderman of the City of Nashua
that a Performing Arts Center Steering Committee be established as follows:
(a) The committee shall be responsible for making recommendations to the mayor
and the board of aldermen for the physical design planning and construction of a
Performing Arts Center located at 201 Main Street. Furthermore the committee shall
develop an operational and strategic plan for the Performing Arts Center.
(b) The committee shall consist of eleven (11) members. One (1) member shall be the
mayor or his or her designee. One (1) member shall be a representative from the Greater
Nashua Chamber of Commerce who shall be appointed by the Chamber’s
President/CEO. Three (3) members shall be representatives of the Nashua Arts
Commission who shall be appointed by vote of a majority of the Arts Commission.
